“An all-around delight. Dorothy Fields is a perfect match for Chaffin. One of the year's Top 10 albums.”–Playbill

“One of the year's Top 10 vocal albums, SOMETHIN' REAL SPECIAL radiates. By turns buoyant or openly ardent, with a dash of humor, everything works. Nothing can turn off the Chaffin charm.
” –Talkin Broadway

“Here’s a blue-chip collection... Philip Chaffin has one of those warm, sophisticated voices that call to mind the finer products of Kentucky’s distilleries. Match him up with the dry, witty, bitters-flavoured lyrics of the masterful Dorothy Fields, shake with a 23-piece orchestra and you’ve got a cocktail to cherish. "I’ll Buy You a Star" will bring you to tears; "You’re a Lovable Lunatic" will make you grin ear to ear. All classy stuff.” –Toronto Star

“A long overdue tribute to Fields.”–Huffington Post

“Chaffin hits a bullseye with his new recording. His gorgeous, soaring baritone will make you hear these old songs in a fresh and thrilling new way.” –Show Business

Philip ChaffinSOMETHIN' REAL SPECIAL
The Songs of Dorothy Fields

For his fourth solo disc, actor-singer Philip Chaffin -- backed by a 23-piece orchestra -- turns to one of the most
gifted songwriters of Broadway's Golden Age, the great lyricist Dorothy Fields. One
of Broadway's most talented wordsmiths, Fields was also one of its most adaptable,
with a career spanning nearly half a century. Her illustrious collaborators included
Jimmy McHugh, Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, Arthur Schwartz and Cy Coleman, and with
them, she created some of the most enduring classics of the Great American Songbook.
But Chaffin also mines some of her lesser-known gems, no less glorious,
including "Then You Went and Changed Your Mind" (with McHugh), "Carousel in the
Park" (with Sigmund Romberg), "A Cow and a Plow and a Frau" (with Morton Gould),
"You're a Lovable Lunatic" (with Coleman) and two with Arlen: "Let Me Look at You"
and the unpublished tune that gives the album its title. The pairing of Chaffin and Fields proves
especially felicitous. As Tony Award-winning composer Maury Yeston notes in the
album's liner notes, "There's an elegance, exuberance and effortlessness to Fields'
lyrics; the same could be said of Chaffin's performing style. For some reason, few
men have taken on the Fields catalog; this album turns out to be a perfect match of
singer and songwriter."